phpBB < 2.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 1729

Synopsis

The remote web server contains a script which is vulnerable to a SQL injection attack.

Description

The remote host is running an old version of phpBB, a bulletin board application implemented in PHP. It is reported that phpBB versions prior 2.0 are vulnerable to multiple security issues including SQL injection, arbitrary command execution, database corruption and denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade to phpBB 2.0 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 1729

Family: Web Servers

Published: 8/20/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:phpbb_group:phpbb

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-1471, CVE-2001-1472, CVE-2001-1482, CVE-2002-0475, CVE-2002-0533, CVE-2003-1373

BID: 3142, 3411, 3171, 3167, 4379, 4432, 4434, 6889

Detections

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